5/2/13

Kevin Geeks Out About Rip-Off Cinema



We've got a new KEVIN GEEKS OUT show coming up. 

This month's theme is RIP-OFF CINEMA, chronicling the "knockbusters" that attempt to capture the magic of big-budget movies. Buy tickets HERE (NOTE: We're an editor's pick at Gothamist as one of the 20 Fun Things to do in May, so the show will likely sell-out.) 

KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT RIP-OFF CINEMA
Friday May 10th @ 8pm
92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street, NYC
just ten bucks

Here's the line-up: 

4/29/13

Orwellian Clip Show



At the last KEVIN GEEKS OUT show I did a segment about how the talking-head clip-show is the most Orwellian form of media. I ended it with this video parody.

Big thanks to the cast and crew, especially Marcos Levy who did the pitch-perfect edit.

4/14/13

This Friday: Kevin Geeks Out ALL-STARS SHOW!



KEVIN GEEKS OUT: APRIL ALL-STARS SHOW

a comedy variety show featuring an all-star line-up, including:  

ELLIOTT KALAN (THE DAILY SHOW) talks about The Stout Men of Holllywood.

PROFESSOR GEOFF KLOCK (author of HOW TO READ SUPERHERO COMICS AND WHY) presents the ultimate Hamlet supercut with clips from over 70 films, cartoons and TV shows. 

R. SIKORYAK (MASTERPIECE COMICS) dramatizes comic strips on the big screen. 

DAN McCOY (THE DAILY SHOW) tells the true story that brings together twitter and USA UP ALL NIGHT.

KEVIN MAHER (that's me) recounts his year at Best Week Ever and explores how talking clip-shows could be the most Orwellian of any media. 

Plus an all-new "Kindest cut" movie by M. SWEENEY LAWLESS and a presentation by TOM BLUNT.

The show is likely to sell-out, so buy your tickets now: 

BUY TICKETHERE

KEVIN GEEKS OUT: APRIL ALL-STARS 
92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street
New York, NY
just ten bucks





Kevin Geeks Out is the comedy-variety show hosted by writer-comedian Kevin Maher—a confabulation of vintage film clips and videos, new finds, guest experts, games and curiosities. To geek out with Kevin you don’t need to be a geek, you just need to love cool stuff.

PLEASE NOTE: The 92YTribeca will be closing in June.  There are only a few shows left.  Use these links to get your tickets to 
KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT RIP-OFF CINEMA (Friday May 10th @8pm)KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT MONKEYS  (Friday June 14th @8pm) 

3/20/13

Wrestling A - Z


This Saturday night, Kevin Maher will be reading from Leaping Lanny Poffo's poetry collection. Get tickets HERE

And here's Kevin's poem about Wrestling A - Z 



A is for ANDRE, he has a posse

B is for BOBBY brainy and bossy

C is for CM, straight-edge represent!

D’s DIBIASE, wrestling’s 1%


E’s for ELIZABETH, sexy and sassy

F is for FREDDIE, he’s so fuckin’ classy

G is for GEORGE, green tongue eats turnbuckle

H is the HULKSTER with Fred Flintstone stubble

I’s IRON SHEIK, with crippling Camel Clutch

J is for JIMMY, who talks too damn much

K is for KING KONG who caused much commotion

L’s LEAPING LANNY, poetry in motion 

M is for MACHO, ooohh yeah, all the way

N is for NIKOLAI, hates U.S.A.!

O is for BARRY O, destined to lose

P’s for PAUL BEARER, a ghoul among ghouls

Q is for QUEEN KONG, self-proclaimed Glamazon

R’s ROWDY RODDY, put the damn glasses on! 

S is for SLAUGHTER, who became a cartoon

T is for TUGBOAT (also known as “Typhoon”)

U’s the UNDERTAKER, a death-obsessed hottie

V is for VENTURA, a Governing Body

W’s WARRIOR perfected the suplex

X is for X-PAC, (because his name starts with X) 

Y’s YOKOZUNA, a sumo belly driver

Z is for ZEUS, with the wall-eye of the tiger



Related posts: 

A is for ALIEN (horror movies A-Z) 

A is for ANAKIN (sci-fi movies A-Z) 

A is for AUTOMAN (sci-fi television A-Z)

A is for ANTHRAX (heavy metal A-Z) 

A is for Aeon  (animation A-Z)



GET TICKETS HERE  for

KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT WRESTLING

Saturday 3/23 at 8pm

at the 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street, NYC 

3/18/13

This Saturday - Kevin Geeks Out About Wrestling


KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT... 
WRESTLING
a multi-media show dedicated to the greatest sport on earth

This Saturday March 23rd at 8:00
at the 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street

Buy tickets HERE

with special guests:

BRIAN SOLOMON (telling stories about working with WWE for 7 years) 

MIKE EDISON (asking the question "Was Andy Kaufman the Greatest Wrestler Ever?")

TENEBROUS KATE (celebrating Luche Libre cinema) 

BRANDON ROHWER (sharing the best and worst tWEEts -- wrestling twitter account)

NOAH TARNOW (from "The Big Quiz Thing" doing a super-special wrestling quiz)

plus:

* a panel discussion on Wrestling rumors, myths and legends
* rare TV and film clips
* Kevin Maher reads from Leaping Lanny Poffo's book of poetry


Buy tickets HERE





Lastly, here's the video with its ORIGINAL audio: 

3/16/13

Kevin Geeks Out About...Wrestling



Kevin Geeks Out is the comedy-variety show hosted by writer-comedian Kevin Maher—a confabulation of vintage film clips and videos, new finds, guest experts, games and curiosities. To geek out with Kevin you don’t need to be a geek, you just need to love cool stuff.

This March, in anticipation of Wrestlemania, Kevin Geeks Out about WRESTLING, celebrating some of the weirdest, wildest moments in sports entertainment. The two-hour cultural cavalcade includes guest speakers presenting rare film footage and TV clips you won’t find on YouTube or Netflix. 



The all-star line-up includes:


* Former WWE Magazine editor
BRIAN SOLOMON shares his surreal retrospective "7 Years in the Tower: What I Learned Working for WWE" and presents a clip of Rowdy Roddy Piper discussing his role in John Carpenter's They Live!

* Author and raconteur MIKE EDISON grapples with that great existential conundrum, Was Andy Kaufman the Greatest Wrestler of All Time?

* Cult-movie film blogger TENEBROUS KATE celebrates the odd sub-genre of Lucha Libre movies from the ‘60s and ‘70s.

* Pop Culture enthusiast BRANDON ROHWER looks at Wrestling’s Greatest tweets (or tWWEets) where the heels maintain their personas over social media.

* Quizmaster NOAH TARNOW (The Big Quiz Thing) tests the crowd's knowledge of iconic wrestlers.

* Host KEVIN MAHER delivers dramatic readings from Leaping Lanny Poffo’s poetry collection.

* Plus a roundtable discussion on Wrestling rumors, myths and legends.

Part of the
monthly series KEVIN GEEKS OUT.


Click HERE for tickets

3/15/13

ENCORE SHOWS of KEVIN GEEKS OUT


BAD NEWS: The 92Y Tribeca is closing this summer

GOOD NEWS: They asked me to encore some of my favorite KEVIN GEEKS OUT shows. 


Saturday March 23rd @ 8:00pm BUY TICKETS






Friday April 19th @ 8:00pm BUY TICKETS



Friday May 10th @ 8:00pm BUY TICKETS



Friday June 14th @ 8:00pm BUY TICKETS


These shows WILL sell-out, I advise you to purchase tickets in advance. Also, click on the BUY TICKETS links (above) for details on each show's line-up of guests.